While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ...

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Zugzwang is particularly common in endgames due to the fewer pieces left on the board leading to fewer options. It is even common to come across positions of ‘Mutual Zugzwang’: positions where both ...

In tactical complications, Praggnanandhaa was at his best as he sacrificed a piece to rip-apart the black’s king position and ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

He didn’t exactly have Paul Morphy’s number, but largely unheralded 19th century English master Thomas Barnes — born 200 ...

It seems the only way to beat a superstar Indian teenage chess phenom these days is with another superstar Indian teenage ...

D Gukesh ends the Round Robin stage in Weissenhaus without a single victory, suffering a 46-move loss against Magnus Carlsen ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beat Alexey Sarana of Serbia to register his third straight victory and take his tally to ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa continued his strong run at the Tata Steel Masters, winning his third consecutive game to ...

Praggnanandhaa was involved in another Queen’s gambit declined opening. Only this time, he was playing with white pieces.